Latest Throwdown Podcast Episodes
ISS 005 - Advantic - Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP)
Instor Solution Spotlight - January 10, 2023 18:15 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsFiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) has been used in the aerospace industry for many years to replace much heavier steel and concrete structures and is rapidly being embraced now for data center applications. Advantic’s FRP structural solutions dramatically reduce installation lead time, costs and c...
149: Workflow Engines with Sanjay Siddhanti
Programming Throwdown - January 09, 2023 16:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 545 ratingsAt scale, anything we build is going to involve people. Many of us have personal schedules and to-do lists, but how can we scale that to hundreds or even thousands of people? When you file a help ticket at a massive company like Google or Facebook, ever wonder how that ticket is proce...
CFT 144: CFP Semifinals and Bowl Games with Brian Klauer
College Football Throwdown - January 06, 2023 07:27 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAlex and Pete are joined by friend of the show and Michigan mega-fan Brian Klauer to discuss the Playoff semifinals and the major bowl games. They also preview the upcoming national championship.
S1: Holiday 2022 Special
Programming Throwdown - December 26, 2022 16:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 545 ratingsS1: Holiday 2022 Special Today we field questions from Programming Throwdown’s listeners about AI, machine learning, and more practical matters as developers in our annual holiday special! 00:00:24 Introductions 00:00:43 Programming Showdown merch 00:02:13 Paul S 00:03:28 Dealing w...
CFT 143: Mike Leach, Nebraska Defensive Coordinator, and Playoff/Bowl Game Predictions
College Football Throwdown - December 17, 2022 20:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAlex and Pete sat down this week to talk about Mike Leach's coaching legacy, the latest Nebraska news, and to predict the playoff along with the major bowl games. 51:48 - Bowl game Predictions begin
148: Package Management with Max Howell
Programming Throwdown - December 12, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 545 ratingsPackage managers are an often-overlooked aspect of any operating system, but their importance is not to be underestimated – especially in today’s development environment. As both creator of Homebrew and CEO of tea.xyz, Max Howell is intimately familiar with the ins and outs of open-sour...
CFT 142: Conference Championships Recap, Playoff Rankings, and the 12 Team Playoff
College Football Throwdown - December 09, 2022 07:23 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAlex and Pete sat down this week to go over the results of the Conference Championship games, the final Playoff rankings, and the upcoming 12 team playoff. 1:00:25 - Nebraska discussion begins
CFT 141: Matt Rhule Hiring Discussion
College Football Throwdown - December 03, 2022 13:30 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsRecorded on Monday 11/28. Alex and Pete sat down to discuss the long-awaited announcement of Nebraska's new head coach, Matt Rhule. They give their opinions on the hire, the press conference, and the rumors about Rhule's assistant coaches.
CFT 140: Nebraska vs Iowa Recap and Conference Championships Preview
College Football Throwdown - December 03, 2022 02:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsRecorded on Monday 11/28. Alex and Pete sat down this week to celebrate Nebraska's win over Iowa. They also discuss the big games from week 13 and predict the Power 5 conference championship games. 17:56 - National discussion begins
ISS 004 - CommScope Propel
Instor Solution Spotlight - December 02, 2022 22:42 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings400G/800G migration, increased reliability requirements, rising deployment and maintenance costs—staying ahead of your data center’s infrastructure challenges is tough. CommScope makes it easier with Propel™, the end-to-end, ultra-low loss, modular structured cabling fiber platform that easily a...
147: Quantum Computing with Yonatan Cohen
Programming Throwdown - November 28, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 545 ratingsYonatan Cohen – Co-Founder & CTO of Quantum Machines – joins us in this episode to tackle quantum computing! Did you know anyone can run quantum programs on Amazon Web Services for mere dollars? Learn about this field early to take pole superposition in the race to understand and use q...
CFT 139: Nebraska vs Wisconsin Recap and Week 13 Preview
College Football Throwdown - November 24, 2022 01:19 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAlex and Pete sat down this week to go over Nebraska's close loss to Wisconsin and the final game against Iowa. They also discuss the big games from week 12 and how the top 4 is shaping up. 23:04 - National discussion begins
CFT 138: Nebraska vs Michigan Recap and Week 12 Preview
College Football Throwdown - November 19, 2022 07:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAlex and Pete sat down this week to go over Nebraska's loss to Michigan and the upcoming game against Wisconsin. They also discuss the latest upsets and what the landscape it looking like for the conference championships. 30:17 - National discussion begins
146: RubyShield, Ruby Central, and Shopify with Mike Dalessio and Evan Phoenix
Programming Throwdown - November 14, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 545 ratingsIn this tour-de-force, Mike Dalessio – Engineering Director at Shopify – and Evan Phoenix – self-described “long-time Rubyist” – join us for a practical discussion of all things Ruby! Ruby is a beautiful language, and we're really excited to cover the history and present of this languag...
CFT 137: Nebraska vs Minnesota Recap, Coach Predictions and Week 11 Preview
College Football Throwdown - November 12, 2022 05:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAlex and Pete sat down this week to go over Nebraska's loss to Minnesota and the likely candidates for Nebraska's new head coach. They also discuss the Big 12 media deal, recent upsets, and the upcoming week 11 games. 40:16 - National discussion begins
CFT 136: Nebraska vs Illinois Recap and Week 10 Preview
College Football Throwdown - November 03, 2022 01:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAlex and Pete sat down this week to go over Nebraska's loss to Illinois, the quarterback situation, and Mickey Joseph's status as head coach. They also discuss the MSU assault after the Michigan game and the big games of week 10 coming up. 36:18 - National discussion begins
CFT 135: National Week 8 Recap and Nebraska vs Illinois Preview
College Football Throwdown - October 28, 2022 19:12 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAlex and Pete sat down this week to go over the big national games from week 8 and preview the upcoming games for week 9. They also discuss Nebraska's key upcoming game against Illinois.
145: Unsupervised Machine Learning
Programming Throwdown - October 24, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 545 ratingsToday we discuss adventures, books, tools, and art discoveries before diving into unsupervised machine learning in this duo episode! 00:00:22 Introductions 00:01:28 Email & inbox organization is very important 00:07:28 The Douglas-Peucker algorithm 00:11:48 Starter project selection...
CFT 134: Nebraska vs Purdue Recap and Week 8 Preview
College Football Throwdown - October 21, 2022 05:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAlex and Pete sat down this week to go over Nebraska's loss to Purdue. They also discuss some conference news, coaching speculation, and the big games of week 8 coming up.
CFT 133: Nebraska vs Rutgers Recap and Week 7 Preview
College Football Throwdown - October 12, 2022 04:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAlex and Pete sat down this week to go over Nebraska's win over Rutgers as well as breaking down the tough task the Huskers face against Purdue. They also discuss the possibility of Matt Rhule being Nebraska's new head coach and the big games of week 7 coming up. 45:42 - National discussion beg...
144: Kotlin Coroutines with Marcin Moskala
Programming Throwdown - October 10, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 545 ratingsToday we go back to our programming language roots with author, KT Academy founder, and Kotlin rockstar Marcin Moskala. We talk about how Kotlin makes itself doubly useful for app and backend development. 00:00:55 Introductions 00:01:38 Java frustrations 00:09:37 Why a well-organi...
CFT 132: Nebraska vs Indiana Recap and Week 6 Preview
College Football Throwdown - October 06, 2022 23:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAlex and Pete sat down this week to go over Nebraska's win over Indiana as well as breaking down what the Huskers will need to do against Rutgers. They also discuss Paul Chryst's firing at Wisconsin and the big games of week 6 coming up. 42:13 - National discussion begins
CFT 131: Week 4 Recap and Nebraska vs Indiana Preview
College Football Throwdown - September 29, 2022 06:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAlex and Pete sat down this week to go over all the big games from week 4 of college football as well as previewing Nebraska's key upcoming game against Indiana. 42:11 - Nebraska vs Indiana Begins
143: The Evolution of Search with Marcus Eagan
Programming Throwdown - September 26, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 545 ratingsFinding something online might seem easy - but as Marcus Eagan tells it, it’s not easy to get it right. In today’s episode, MongoDB’s Staff Product Manager on Atlas Search speaks with Jason and Patrick about his own journey in software development and how to best use search engines to c...
CFT 130: Nebraska vs Oklahoma Recap, Erik Chinander Fired & Week 4 Preview
College Football Throwdown - September 24, 2022 16:35 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAlex and Pete sit down this week to go over Nebraska's loss to Oklahoma and Erik Chinander's subsequent firing. They also look ahead to the many good national games of week 4 during Nebraska's bye.
CFT 129: Nebraska vs Georgia Southern Recap, Scott Frost Fired & Week 3 Preview
College Football Throwdown - September 14, 2022 21:39 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAlex and Pete podcast in person this week to go over Nebraska's loss to Georgia Southern and Scott Frost's subsequent firing. They discuss what sort of candidates AD Trev Alberts is looking for and predict the upcoming week 3 games including Oklahoma.
142: Data Ops with Douwe Maan
Programming Throwdown - September 12, 2022 23:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 545 ratingsDouwe Maan’s journey sounds too fantastic to be true, yet the tale that Meltano’s founder shares with Jason and Patrick today is very, very real. Whether it’s about doing software development by 11, joining Gitlab while juggling college responsibilities, or building his own company duri...
CFT 128: Nebraska vs Northwestern, North Dakota & Week 1 Recap
College Football Throwdown - September 08, 2022 06:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAfter a trip to Ireland, Pete sat down with Alex this week to breakdown Nebraska's first 2 games of the season. They also discuss the big national games of Week 1 and look ahead to Nebraska's game with Georgia Southern.
CFT 127: Big 10 Media Deal and Northwestern Preview
College Football Throwdown - August 26, 2022 00:06 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAlex and Pete sit down to discuss the newly announced Big 10 media deal as well as previewing Nebraska's upcoming game in Ireland with Northwestern.
ISS 003 - EPI TIA-942 Audits/Certifications
Instor Solution Spotlight - August 24, 2022 22:47 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsEPI TIA-942 Audits/Certifications TIA-942 is a well known telecommunication infrastructure standard for data centers. The audit and certification process provided by EPI reviews, rates and certifies compliance in four categories: Telecommunications Electrical Architecture (Incl. fire...